Friday, December 10, 2010

Day 338

V. Book of Colossians
1. Completeness of Christ - Colossians 1:1-29: 2:1-3
2. Warning against erroneous beliefs - Colossians 2:4-23
3. Walk of the believer with Christ - Colossians 3:1-25; 4:1-18

Some verses which caught my attention and made me dig a little deeper to understand what they words meant in the Greek.

Mortify therefore you members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: (Colossians 3:5)

mortify - G3499 - From G3498; to deaden, that is, (figuratively) to subdue.

fornication - G4202 - From G4203; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively idolatry.

uncleanness - G167 - From G169; impurity (the quality), physically or morally.

inordinate affection - G3806 - From the alternate of G3958; properly suffering (“pathos”), that is, (subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence).

evil - G2556 - Apparently a primary word; worthless (intrinsically such; whereas G4190 properly refers to effects), that is, (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious.

concupiscence - G1939 - From G1937; a longing (especially for what is forbidden).

covetousness - G4124 - From G4123; avarice, that is, (by implication) fraudulency, extortion.

idolatry - G1495 - From G1497 and G2999; image worship (literally or figuratively).

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not to one another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; (Colossians 3:8-9)

anger - G3709 - From G3713; properly desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), that is, (by analogy) violent passion (ire, or [justifiable] abhorrence); by implication punishment.

wrath - G2372 - From G2380; passion (as if breathing hard).

malice - G2549 - From G2556; badness, that is, (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble.

blasphemy - G988 - From G989; vilification (especially against God).

filthy communication - G148 - From G150 and G3056; vile conversation.

lie - G5574 - Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. (Colossians 3:13-14)

bowels - G4698 - (the “spleen”); an intestine (plural); figuratively pity or sympathy.

mercies - G3628 - From G3627; pity.

kindness - G5544 - From G5543; usefulness, that is, moral excellence (in character or demeanor).

humbleness of mind - G5012 - From a compound of G5011 and the base of G5424; humiliation of mind, that is, modesty.

meekness - G4236 - From G4235; gentleness; by implication humility.

longsuffering - G3115 - From the same as G3116; longanimity, that is, (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude.

forbearing - G430 - Middle voice from G303 and G2192; to hold oneself up against, that is, (figuratively) put up with.

forgiving - G5483 - Middle voice from G5485; to grant as a favor, that is, gratuitously, in kindness, pardon or rescue.

Let the Word of God dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (Colossians 3:16)

wisdom - G4678 - From G4680; wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual).

teaching - G1321 - A prolonged (causative) form of a primary verb δάω daō (to learn); to teach (in the same broad application).

admonishing - G3560 - From the same as G3559; to put in mind, that is, (by implication) to caution or reprove gently.

psalms - G5568 - From G5567; a set piece of music, that is, a sacred ode (accompanied with the voice, harp or other instrument; a “psalm”); collectively the book of the Psalms.

hymns - G5215 - Apparently from a simpler (obsolete) form of ὕδέω hudeō (to celebrate; probably akin to G103; compare G5567); a “hymn” or religious ode (one of the Psalms).

spiritual - G4152 - From G4151; non-carnal, that is, (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concretely), or (divinely) supernatural, regenerate, religious.

songs - G5603 - From G103; a chant or “ode” (the general term for any words sung; while G5215 denotes especially a religious metrical composition, and G5568 still more specifically a Hebrew cantillation.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.  Husbands love your wives, and be not bitter against them. (Colossians 3:18-19)

submit yourselves - G5293 - From G5259 and G5021; to subordinate; reflexively to obey.

love - G25 - Perhaps from ἄγαν agan (much; or compare [H5689]); to love (in a social or moral sense.

bitter - G4087 - From G4089; to embitter (literally or figuratively).

Children, obey your parents in all things; for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. (Colossians 3:20-21)

obey - G5219 - From G5259 and G191; to hear under (as a subordinate), that is, to listen attentively; by implication to heed or conform to a command or authority.

provoke - G2042 - From a presumed prolonged form of G2054; to stimulate (especially to anger).

discouraged - G120 - From a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and G2372; to be spiritless, that is, disheartened.

Concupiscence, what a word!  The definition in the Greek did not help me to better understand that word, so pressing on...dictionary.com?  **GASP**

–noun
1.
sexual desire; lust.
2.
ardent, usually sensuous, longing.

From the thesaurus:

Main Entry:concupiscence
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:lust
Synonyms:desirelechery, prurience, sexual desire

I have a much better understanding NOW!  I also like the entry for bowels, spleen (the seat of emotion).


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